News: digital

Bookouture drops surprise novel from Angela Marsons

Bookouture has surprised fans by dropping a new novel by one of its biggest authors, Angela Marsons, without warning. Read more

Samuel and Timothy West to narrate new Tolkien audiobook

HarperCollins will release the first new J R R Tolkien audiobook in over a decade this month, edited by Christopher Tolkien and narrated by father-son acting... Read more

Masterclasses on audio publishing, innovation and digital marketing at FutureBook Live

A series of "lunch & learn" masterclasses are to take place at FutureBook Live, featuring sessions on audio publishing, effective innovation, using consumer data and... Read more

Author Ben Holden launches podcast to support libraries

Author Ben Holden will host a new podcast which celebrates libraries and indie bookshops, and aims to campaign against library cuts, with Jacqueline Wilson, Melvyn... Read more

Macmillan stands by e-book lending change amid ALA outcry

Macmillan in the US has apologised to librarians for not informing them of upcoming changes to its e-book lending policy but has refused to amend... Read more

Amazon Charts: Rosie Walsh rings in the changes

Rosie Walsh's The Man Who Didn't Call (Mantle) has leapfrogged Margaret Atwood's The Testaments (Vintage) to claim the Amazon Charts Most-Sold: Fiction number one, in... Read more

Princeton University Press relaunches website

Princeton University Press (PUP) has unveiled a redesign of its website, the product of an 18-month collaboration between PUP's creative and IT teams and digital product agency Area... Read more

Panels on what schools want and live events for FutureBook Live 2019

How to make money from author events and what schools want in educational resources are the subjects of the next two panels to be announced... Read more

Audible and Wellcome launch 'eerie' podcast with tales from Imogen Hermes Gowar and Sarah Moss

Imogen Hermes Gowar and Booker-longlisted author Oyinkan Braithwaite’s short stories will be featured in a new original fiction podcast series from the Wellcome Collection and... Read more

Audible to publish five new Edinburgh Fringe plays

Audible will publish a collection of five new plays from the Edinburgh Fringe, including Typical, Ryan Calais Cameron’s look at racism performed by Richard Blackwood.... Read more

Wizarding World Digital launches subscription service

Wizarding World Digital has launched a subscription service Wizarding World Gold, handing out personalised journals for dedicated Hogwarts fans, created in collaboration with Wonderbly.... Read more

Amazon Charts: Adam Kay jingles all the way to number one

Adam Kay's Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas (Picador) has made a surgical strike on the Amazon Charts Most-Sold: Non-Fiction number one, with the This is Going to Hurt sequel beating Elton... Read more

Interactive storybook app Pickatale launches in UK

Pickatale, a mobile audiobook and storybook app for children aged 0–12, has launched in the UK. Read more

Idris Elba-backed literary podcast generation veX to explore race

A new podcast exploring race and identity in literature with guests including Bernardine Evaristo, Sara Collins and Derek Owusu has been launched, sponsored by Idris... Read more

Bridge launches mental health podcast ahead of new book

Presenter and author Frankie Bridge has launched a brand-new podcast interviewing guests about their mental health, ahead of publication of her first book Open (Octopus).... Read more